When rolling Need on an item

[Snugglebutt]

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In the end there is already a solution to that which is wait until the timer ends and kick, if they alliance was not prepared to wait then they made the choice to leave it open to abuse. Likewise the countermeasure against the vote kick abuse is limited in the same way in that if a group is determined to abuse the vote kick system they might wait till timer ends too.

Even if take both those situations into account, what your left with is still a system that helps players who DC either when a boss is almost dead and they contributed all the way up until that point but their connection crapped out or chest got looted and they DC'd which in both cases they have been given 5 minutes to log back in so they do not lose out on all the effort they put into it. If did what the OP suggested it hurts those players like myself who have experienced such. It may not be a perfect system but the way it works now is done for valid reasons.

[Giantbane]

a system that helps players who DC [...] when a boss is almost dead

Personally I'd prefer the automatic pass if there's nobody left that can win the roll (original request) as opposed to reducing the timer outright. If a person is DC, but has a chance to win the roll (IE, they can roll NEED or there's nobody left who can NEED and they can GREED), then the roll will wait for them or the timer to expire.

Although I wouldn't mind the timer be shortened to 1-2min if you don't have any disconnected players. If there's someone DC (that can actually win the roll), then the timer increases to 5min.